TABLE 1.

Overview of all community structure types and their characteristic species by culturomics^a

Structure type	Characteristic species	Sample(s)	Shannon index (mean H′ ± SD)
1	Citrobacter koseri	U26a	0.001
2	Gardnerella vaginalis Lactobacillus gasseri	U29a	0.33
3	Gardnerella leopoldii Alloscardovia omnicolens Bifidobacterium spp. Winkia neuii Streptococcus anginosus	U1b	1.61
4	Streptococcus mitis/Streptococcus oralis Staphylococcus haemolyticus Micrococcus luteus Actinomyces spp. Lactobacillus crispatus	U4b	1.85
5	Lactobacillus iners Corynebacterium tuberculostearicum Staphylococcus epidermidis Staphylococcus hominis Staphylococcus capitis	U5a, U22a, U25a	1.61 ± 0.20
6	Streptococcus agalactiae Streptococcus salivarius / Streptococcus vestibularis Micrococcus luteus Staphylococcus haemolyticus	U3b, U6a	1.40 ± 0.35
7	Lactobacillus paragasseri Lactobacillus delbrueckii Brevibacterium spp. Pseudoglutamicibacter cumminsii Corynebacterium jeikeium	U7a	1.87
8	Enterococcus faecalis Staphylococcus epidermidis Lactobacillus gasseri Streptococcus anginosus Corynebacterium aurimucosum	U2a	1.97
9	Lactobacillus jensenii Staphylococcus haemolyticus Staphylococcus epidermidis Corynebacterium amycolatum Corynebacterium coyleae	U12a	2.65
10	Fannyhessea vaginae Streptococcus anginosus	U15a, U23a	1.21 ± 0.05
11	Corynebacterium striatum Dermabacter hominis Staphylococcus aureus Corynebacterium sp. nov. 4 Lactobacillus crispatus	U9a	1.72
12	Lactobacillus crispatus Lactobacillus mulieris Staphylococcus epidermidis Cutibacterium avidum	U8a, U10a, U19a	1.77 ± 0.45
13	Lactobacillus crispatus Corynebacterium tuberculostearicum Finegoldia magna	U11a, U24a	1.52 ± 0.58

^aShared species within a structure type are presented in order of decreasing RA (RA, >1%, only top 5 shown).